You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the country and you're gonna get 'em. You're gonna stick it to those rich people. But guess what? You may not get anymore revenue. You may not get anymore economic growth. But you can say, 'I stuck it to the rich people.'
Rand PaulGiving someone a one-time stimulus check, or a one-time tax cut that expires doesn't allow the predictability that business needs.
Rand PaulThe Republican platform specifically says we don't believe in bailing out private business, and yet we did.
Rand PaulWe didn't create ISIS - ISIS created themselves, but we will stop them, and one of the ways we stop them is by not funding them, and not arming them.
Rand PaulAs commander-in-chief, I will do whatever it takes to defend America. But in defending America, we cannot lose what America stands for.
Rand PaulI don't think it's so much Trump lobbing us for changes. It's us asking him for help in getting the changes done. I think Trump has the bully pulpit. He has a great deal of influence with the Republican Party on both the House and the Senate side. The bill right now to the conservative point of view doesn't have enough repeal. It looks like we're keeping a lot of Obamacare. So we actually think that there needs to be more repeal. That's the message I took to Trump.
Rand Paul